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The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, as the supreme law of the Republic, provides the overarching framework for civil procedure; [6] the Constitution has been responsible for significant changes to civil procedure since its inception in the 1990s, as in, for example, debt collection matters, [7] access to the courts [8] and prescription, in particular with respect to ...
In civil matters a district court has jurisdiction where the value of the claim is R200,000 or less, while a regional court has jurisdiction where the value of the claim is between R200,000 and R400,000. [3] A regional court also has jurisdiction over divorce and related family law matters.
The Judiciary Agency overview Formed 1909 Constitution - 1909 ; 116 years ago (1909) 1996 Constitution - 1996 ; 29 years ago (1996) Jurisdiction Government of South Africa Headquarters 188, 14th Road, Noordwyk, Midrand Agency executive Mandisa Maya, Chief Justice of the Republic of South Africa Key documents Chapter 8 of the Constitution Judicial Service Commission Act, 1994 Website judiciary ...
The courts of South Africa are the civil and criminal courts responsible for the administration of justice in South Africa. They apply the law of South Africa and are established under the Constitution of South Africa or under Acts of the Parliament of South Africa .
Countries (in pink) which share the mixed South African legal system. South Africa has a 'hybrid' or 'mixed' legal system, [1] formed by the interweaving of a number of distinct legal traditions: a civil law system inherited from the Dutch, a common law system inherited from the British, and a customary law system inherited from indigenous Africans (often termed African Customary Law, of which ...
The table below lists the judgments of the Constitutional Court of South Africa delivered in 2013.. The members of the court at the start of 2013 were Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng, Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke, and judges Edwin Cameron, Johan Froneman, Chris Jafta, Sisi Khampepe, Bess Nkabinde, Thembile Skweyiya, Johann van der Westhuizen, Zak Yacoob and Raymond Zondo.
City of Cape Town v Aurecon South Africa (Pty) Ltd: 3 November 2016: 24 February 2017: Mbha (acting) [2017] ZACC 6: Mogaila v Coca Cola Fortune (Pty) Limited: 2 March 2017: The Court [2017] ZACC 7: South African Municipal Workers' Union v Minister of Co-Operative Governance & Traditional Affairs and Others: 10 November 2016: 9 March 2017 ...
The table below lists the judgments of the Constitutional Court of South Africa delivered in 2014.. The members of the court at the start of 2014 were Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng, Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke, and judges Edwin Cameron, Johan Froneman, Chris Jafta, Sisi Khampepe, Mbuyiseli Madlanga, Bess Nkabinde, Thembile Skweyiya, Johann van der Westhuizen and Raymond Zondo.